So I dropped the brass, and took to reflecting.

And I give you my thoughts.
"What a pity and a shame that a building of this size should lie idle! If it was mine I would carefully remove all the monuments, and the dead bones, et cetera, to the new church, and turn this old building into a factory, or a set of granaries, or something useful.

It is as great a sin to waste bricks and mortar as it is bread," etc.
"MY DEAR HARRY,--Your dear sprightly letters delight me, and reconcile me to the separation; for I see that your health is improving every day, by your gayety; and this makes me happy, though I can not quite be gay.
"Your last letter was very amusing, yet, somehow, it set me thinking, long and sadly; and some gentle remarks from Dr.Amboyne (he called yesterday) have also turned my mind the same way.

Time has softened the terrible blow that estranged my brother and myself, and I begin to ask myself, was my own conduct perfect?
was my brother's quite without excuse?
I may have seen but one side, and been too hasty in judging him.
At all events, I would have you, who are a man, think for yourself, and not rush into too harsh a view of that unhappy quarrel.

Dearest, family quarrels are family misfortunes: why should they go down to another generation?
You frighten me, when you wonder that Nathan and his family (I had forgotten his name was Dence) are attached to Mr.Raby.Why, with all his faults, my brother is a chivalrous, high-minded gentleman; his word is his bond, and he never deserts a friend, however humble; and I have heard our dear father say that, for many generations, uncommon acts of kindness had passed between that family of yeomen and the knights and squires of Raby.
"And now, dear, I am going to be very foolish.